Obute Gabriel

Nigeria Independence - Poem by Obute Gabriel

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Oh, how I slept with eyes openDiscovering its only but,53yrsWith times and season gone without memoriesHmmm, how times fliesJust a little whileI rememberEverything slept in my handWith so many waters at my disposalAnd had little or nothing to show forHmmm, it seems like yesterdayI fought for freedomIt seems like yesterdayI was rejoicingOh, my eyes has seen more than rejoicingMy eyes has seen the bitter parts of lifeMy offspring’s has swallowed the yearsMy offspring has devastated the landMy eyes are heavy like rain dropsMy memories are filled with series of unpleasant happeningsMy consciousness have I forgotten in my sleepEven as the labour of my fightHas being thrown into the abyss I thought it was all goneBut it was only but,53yrsWith many years to come